"We've seen people, especially older people, tap my daughter on the shoulder and ask things like the price of her wheelchair. They say she's so lucky to have our great welfare system in Korea, paid for by their taxes." 我们看到许多人,特别是老年人,拍着我女儿的肩膀问她轮椅的价格。他们...
through exploring their role in managing self-sufficiency programs for recipients of National Basic Livelihood allowances.BackgroundThe National Basic Livelihood Security Act, which was first introduced in 2000, has been upheld as a foundation of a rights-based welfare system in South Korea by ensurin...
The Korean welfare system has grown over the past 40 years from a limited and selective developmental system into a relatively comprehensive universal system. What explains this dynamic is the interplay between South Korea's global economic integration and its political transition from authoritarian rule...
In the early 1990s, just after the Cold War ended, most South American governments embraced “free market” reforms—that is, neoliberal policies promoting tariff-free world trade, deeper cuts to social welfare programs, lower taxes for the rich, limits on labor unions, and privatizing (selling...
South Korea - Labour, Taxation, Economy: Labor unions were able to win significant increases in wages during the 1980s, which improved the lot of workers and produced a corresponding growth in domestic consumption. Higher labor costs, however, contribute
South Korea - Military, Security, Defense: South Korea maintains a large, well-equipped armed-forces establishment—consisting of army, navy, and air force branches—although it is still considerably smaller than that of North Korea. The army is by far t
The traditional Korean Confucian New Year's Day celebration in Seoul, South Korea, includes prayer and special food. Social Welfare and Change Programs Much progress has been made in the area of social welfare since the 1970s, especially in the health care system. The National Health Insurance...
Chevron operates in South Korea as a 50% shareholder in GS Caltex Corp., the country’s second-largest energy company. Chevron is also invested in the petrochemical industry.
动物不是物品！韩国拟赋予动物法律地位 South Korea to give animals legal status to fight abuse and abandonment 近年来韩国虐待动物案件数量大增，为此韩国司法部计划在9月对民法进行修改，将“动物不是物品”写入民法，希望借由提高动物的法律地位来减少虐待动物行径。Kim Gea-yeung, manager of an animal shelter...
South Korea currently has several ways of counting one's age.韩国当前有好几种年龄计算方式。One of them is the 'Korean age' system that Yoon's government is looking to do away with, which involves South Koreans being labeled as one year old at birth and adding another year upon the New ...